A stretchable nanowire UV-Vis-NIR photodetector with high performance

Adv Mater. 2015 Mar 11;27(10):1712-7. doi: 10.1002/adma.201404945. Epub 2015 Jan 22.

Abstract

A simple direct-writing technique can be used to fabricate a stretchable UV-vis-NIR nanowire photodetector (NWPD) consisting of PbS quantum dot (QD)-poly(3-hexylthiopehene) (P3HT) hybrid NWs. The hybrid NWPD shows superior sensitivity and response speed in the UV-vis to NIR range. The stretchable UV-vis-NIR NWPD shows a nearly identical photoresponse under extreme (up to 100%) and repeated (up to 100 cycles) stretching conditions.

Keywords: inorganic-organic hybrid materials; nanowires; photodetectors.